Doug Joachim
Move Your Set Point and Lose Weight
Remember: Set Point weight is still a theory. It is not a proven scientific law. Most scientists believe 75% of our set point weight is...
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Doug Joachim
- Mar 29, 2017
- 6 min
Does Snacking Make You Fat?
FACT: Every time you eat anything (not just carbs) your pancreas releases more insulin into the bloodstream. Insulin’s two jobs are to...
Doug Joachim
- Oct 2, 2016
- 3 min
MicroBiome: The Puppet Master Influencing Cravings
The ecological community of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-cell organisms living in your body are known as the microbiome, aka...
Doug Joachim
- Mar 12, 2014
- 4 min
The Don’t Diet
Top Reasons Diets Fail: The diet is too severe and untenable long term. Individuals have a hard time or are unwilling to change their...
Doug Joachim
- Jan 11, 2014
- 2 min
Beat Food Cravings with Creativity
Memory & reward centers in our brains that associate certain foods with pleasure Emotional needs trigger cravings in order to placate...
Doug Joachim
- Apr 30, 2013
- 4 min
The Hungry Games: Controlling Hunger
The thing about hunger is most of us aren’t hungry because we need food. We have trained our bodies, with the help of Monsanto to...
Doug Joachim
- Apr 2, 2013
- 5 min
Breakfast Makes Me Hungry
My mother always told me breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Is this another one of her cover-ups, like the Santa Claus...
Doug Joachim
- Dec 8, 2012
- 3 min
Is Sugar Really so Bad?
Our bodies do not need any added sugars. In a healthy diet you’ll get all the sugar you need from vegetables, fruits and whole grains. To...